Halloween frights abound in Vermont

Fear not - frightening Halloween events to haunt Vermont for the next week

Oct. 22, 2013

Respected town elder Rebecca Nurse (left) prays for the stricken Betty as Betty's father, the Reverend Parris, fends off questions about witchcraft in a scene from Lost Nation Theater's production 'The Crucible.' / Robert M. Eddy/ Courtesy photo

• 7:30 tonight-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, the Essex Community Players conclude their run of the Edgar Allen Poe story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Essex Memorial Hall. $14-$16. 878-9109, www.essexplayers.com.

• 7 p.m. Friday through Saturday and Monday through Nov. 2, Queen City Ghostwalk, led by Thea Lewis, presents its annual tour of all things haunted in Burlington, starting at City Hall Park. Lewis also leads a tour at Lakeview Cemetery at 6 p.m. Sunday. $14 in advance, $18 night of tour. 351-1313, www.queencityghostwalk .com.

• 8 p.m. Saturday, the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury has hosted Halloween parties for teens, but not for adults. That changes with the Halloween Bash that include music from Top Hat Entertainment and prizes for best costume, funniest costume and best couple. $10. 382-9222, www.townhalltheater.org.

• 7:30 p.m. Monday, it’s been an illustrated cartoon, a television show and a movie. Now the musical version of the “The Addams Family” brings the frightening and funny relations to the Flynn Center in Burlington. $25-$70. 863-5966, www.flynntix.org.

• 8 p.m. Monday, it’s not officially a Halloween show, but with a grisly name like The Black Dahlia Murder – derived from the story of a famous killing in Los Angeles in the 1940s – and the genre of music the band plays – death metal – it’s a fairly apropos Halloween-week gig at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington, especially with a band called Skeletonwitch also on the bill (as well as Fallujah and Noisem). $13 in advance, $15 day of show. 652-0777, www.highergroundmusic .com.

• 11 p.m. Wednesday, local musician Randal Pierce performs his own soundtrack to the classic silent film “Phantom of the Opera,” Radio Bean, Burlington. Free. 660-9346, www.radiobean.com.

• 6 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31, the Palace 9 theater in South Burlington, in conjunction with the Flynn Center, presents the National Theatre’s 2011 broadcast of “Frankenstein” in two screenings. $18. 863-5966, www.flynntix.org.

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• 7 p.m. Oct. 31, the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington hosts Night of the Living Dead, a night full of entertainment presented by the Magic Hat Brewing Co. that features performances by Papadosio, Spiritual Rez, The Human Canvas, Serotheft and Schadenfreude Circus as well as a best group costume contest. $20. 658-2739, www.magichat.net.

• 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2 p.m. Nov. 2, the play that opens Halloween night at in the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College has a theme befitting the day that involves the hanging of witches. The music-filled “Vinegar Tom” by Caryl Churchill, however, is more concerned with gender roles and women’s rights. $6-$12. 443-3168, www.middlebury.edu/arts.

• 9 p.m. Oct. 31, The Monkey House in Winooski celebrates the spookiest of nights with the Pop-Up! Queer Halloween Dance Party featuring music provided by DJs Llu and Ray Rush. $5. 655-4563, www.monkeyhousemusic .com.

• 11:30 p.m. Oct. 31, on Halloween night, the regular Thursday-night performance by Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band at Radio Bean in Burlington becomes a show by Snow Wright and the 7 Dwarfs, highlighted by the bluesy voice of Wright as well as a costume contest. $5. 660-9346, www.radiobean.com.

• 7 p.m. Nov. 1, just as Essex Community Players are presenting “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Lost Nation Theater is venturing into Edgar Allen Poe territory with its annual Poe Spooktacular, which features the works of Poe, a costume contest, a dance party and a mini-carnival at the Montpelier City Hall Arts Center. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. 229-0492, www.lostnationtheater .org.

• 11:59 p.m. Nov. 1, so what if it’s the day after Halloween? It’s still the Day of the Dead, a fine time to present the wild-and-weird film classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $10. 863-5966, www.flynntix.org.